The final surprise was the extremely high scores of the Gen Y group on the dimension of Practicing Self Development.

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In his study they tend to use terms which are not in themselves abusive, but take on an extra dimension when the group in question is stigmatised.

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Think of text messaging, but with the additional dimension of talking to a group of people, a community or even everyone in the organization.

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